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raewon
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 Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject: Grammar question (Since / tenses) |
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I'm having a hard day (must be the heat) and can't think right now. Could someone please let me know which of the following sentences are
correct? Thank you in advance.
1. Since I was a child, I was always interested in sports.
2. Since I have been a child, I was always interested in sports.
3. Since I have been a child, I have been interested in sports. |
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bianca_dee
Joined: 14 Jun 2010
Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:13 am Post subject: |
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In my opinion, I think it would be:
"Since I was a child, I have always been interested in sports." |
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raewon
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your reply, and I agree that your sentence sounds great.
Do others agree that all three of my original sentences are wrong? |
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edwardcatflap
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:18 am Post subject: |
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laguna
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Grammar question (Since / tenses) |
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| raewon wrote: |
I'm having a hard day (must be the heat) and can't think right now. Could someone please let me know which of the following sentences are
correct? Thank you in advance.
1. Since I was a child, I was always interested in sports.
2. Since I have been a child, I was always interested in sports.
3. Since I have been a child, I have been interested in sports. |
A: "which of the following sentences IS correct?"
B: "I have been interested in music since I was a kid." |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| "Since" always requires a perfect tense. It's not a matter of opinion or debate. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| FMPJ wrote: |
| "Since" always requires a perfect tense. It's not a matter of opinion or debate. |
It very specific temporal cases it does, but certainly not always.
Since this is a matter of debate, I am sure others will disagree. |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
| FMPJ wrote: |
| "Since" always requires a perfect tense. It's not a matter of opinion or debate. |
It very specific temporal cases it does, but certainly not always.
Since this is a matter of debate, I am sure others will disagree. |
Right, obviously it doesn't signal any verb tense when it's used for causation. Not really a matter for debate, though. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| FMPJ wrote: |
| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
| FMPJ wrote: |
| "Since" always requires a perfect tense. It's not a matter of opinion or debate. |
It very specific temporal cases it does, but certainly not always.
Since this is a matter of debate, I am sure others will disagree. |
Right, obviously it doesn't signal any verb tense when it's used for causation. Not really a matter for debate, though. |
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raewon
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Welcome back Cosmic Hum! Actually, I've been kind of hoping for your voice of reason on my who/whom question.  |
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